Jailed for Freedom
1920 history book by Doris Steven / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jailed for Freedom is a book by Doris Stevens.[1] Originally published in 1920, it was reissued by New Sage Press in 1995 in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[2] This commemorative edition was edited by Carol O'Hare to update the language for a modern audience.[3] Jailed for Freedom was reissued again in 2020 in a 100th anniversary edition.[4][5]
The Historical Journal of Massachusetts characterizes the book as "a lengthy and sympathetic account of these events".[6] Johanna Neumann in The Wall Street Journal ranked Jailed for Freedom number one on her list of the five best books on the fight for women's suffrage.[7] Jailed for Freedom is extensively quoted in Encyclopædia Britannica's Annals of American History in the essay "Suffragettes Criminals or Political Prisoners?"[8]